Blizzard said:

RE: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=9

Files:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forum/files/WARCRAFT.3.THE.FROZEN.THRONE.V1.18.ENG.RELOADED.NOCD.ZIP

Dear Sir or Madam,

Recently, we have received an increasing amount of feedback from our customers in regard to the probable copyright infringement of Diablo, Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft products (each, a "Program") on the Internet. We here at Blizzard share the concerns that many gamers are voicing. In this regard, we have contacted one of your users in connection with the aforementioned site and the infringement of Blizzard intellectual property.

Please note that all title, ownership, and intellectual property rights in and to each Program and any and all copies thereof (including, but not limited to, any titles, computer code, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, artwork, animations, sounds, musical compositions, audio-visual effects, methods of operation, any related documentation, and "applets" incorporated into a Program) are owned by Blizzard Entertainment or its licensors. Each Program is protected by the trademark and copyright laws of the United States, international copyright treaties and conventions, and other laws. Blizzard reserves all rights in each Program, except those rights granted by Blizzard in writing. Each Program contains certain licensed materials, and Blizzard's licensors may protect their rights or rely on Blizzard to protect those rights in the event of any violation of the end user license agreement and copyright law.

As part of our effort to protect all proprietary rights related to Diablo, Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft, Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft, we would like you to promptly remove all materials infringing onand/or all materials which allow others to infringe on the copyrights and/or trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment's products from the aforementioned site which you host or disable access to such site. This includes any unauthorized software, artwork, images, sounds or derivative works thereof that may be on the aforementioned site. Additionally, we would appreciate it if you would communicate this request to those individuals involved in the creation and maintenance of your web site.

Please be advised that at this time you have forty eight (48) hours in which to comply with our request otherwise we will be forced to pursue formal action. We would like to thank you in advance for choosing to work with us in a unified effort to promote the integrity of our games and the well being of our online gaming community.

If you require formal notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright (DMCA), please let us know and we will have our attorney provide such notice.

Regards,
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Ralle said:

Hello Anti-Piracy Team!
One thing I would like to tell you.
Everyone who play warcraft a lot has a problem sometimes. It can be
soo annoying. Cause the game says: please insert the original disc
instead of a backup copy. This annoys people. So I uploaded this crack
to make people play without CD.
But the amounts of sold Warcraft games wont decrease cause people need
those CD-keys also. This crack just helps people playing your game
what's wrong about that?
I think you waste your time by looking at a crack. Maybe you should
try removing dupe and other more annoying things. Things that make
people annoyed. Being desperate of getting rid of maphack in diablo is
a waste of time but in Warcraft it would be fine with me
I just think that it's strange you complain over a small crack.
Everyone on my website is on my website because they have played on
bnet and people who play on bnet has bought the game.
But if you still don't accept the crackfile, I remove it. Actually I
already did that.

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Blizzard said:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Hello,

Blizzard takes all actions it deems necessary to protect its intellectual property once it becomes aware that potentially infringing or unauthorized activities are occurring. The activity at issue was infringing Blizzard's intellectual property and/or was unauthorized. A copyright holder is the only party that has the right to create derivative works based on its copyrighted materials.

Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or unlawful.

If you have any further questions regarding this please let us know and we can put you in contact with our legal counsel.

Regards,
Anti-Piracy Team


Blizzard Entertainment
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